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To think 'hun' is less twee and sickly than using 'D' in front of all abbreviations for family members

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Bearbehind · 24/01/2013 12:36

Spin off from another thread but it is a genuine question.

I don't really like the word 'Hun' and wouldn't say it in real life but I hate the use of 'D' in front of family member abbreviations ,DH, DD etc yet it is common place. I think this is far more twee, sickly and false than Hun.

Why is one acceptable but the other isn't?

Wouldn't people know what you meant if you just typed D, H etc?

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dinkystinky · 24/01/2013 12:36

But D could stand for any number of adjectives...

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SavoyCabbage · 24/01/2013 12:37

Damn

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Bearbehind · 24/01/2013 12:38

But doesn't it mean Dear or Darling in its most common use.

I have to admit when I first saw the abbreviation DH I thought it meant Dick Head, which in some instances, is perfectly apt!

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Pandemoniaa · 24/01/2013 12:40

It's the element of irony that's makes all the difference.

Also, Hunning is so often a substitute for the much deadlier weapon the hunner would prefer to plunge into the back of their victim.

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Sugarice · 24/01/2013 12:40

I was always under the impression dh ,ds, dd and the rest are standard internet forum abbreviations and have always been around.

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HecateWhoopass · 24/01/2013 12:42

They are, sugar. They're widely used.

I find it confusing a lot of the time.

dd - daughter? dad?

df - fiance? friend? father?

dn - nephew? niece? neighbour?

I don't object to them on cringy grounds Grin but I think it's only a few more letters to type and it's clear who you're on about.

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Bearbehind · 24/01/2013 12:42

They are Sugarice, but so are words like Hun or Pet as terms of endearment yet some people on Mumsnet seems totally anti them

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Pagwatch · 24/01/2013 12:46

But dh or ds is an endearment being used by a poster about a close relative.

Hun is usually being used by a virtual stranger.

So they are different.

If you chose to use Hun between yourself and a close friend then that's your choice. Hunning a stranger on the Internet presents the possibility that it might irritate the crap out of them.

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Hullygully · 24/01/2013 12:47

you ar wrong

the end

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CooEeeEldridge · 24/01/2013 12:47

Yanbu, I hate both!!!

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Bearbehind · 24/01/2013 12:49

Thanks for that reasoned response Hully!

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ginslinger · 24/01/2013 12:49

No huns - ever.

The very end

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Sugarice · 24/01/2013 12:50

To me, it feels awkward to address a stranger as Hun and as Pag says there is sentiment behind the d of the abbreviation.

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SminkoPinko · 24/01/2013 12:50

lol @ DH = dick head!

I've never liked the d prefix thing but it's endemic.

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nickelbabe · 24/01/2013 12:51

no.
"D" whatever isn't "twee", it's the internet standard abbreviation.

I know it means "darling" or "dear" but I've never thought of it like that, I've always just thought of it as "the"

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AThingInYourLife · 24/01/2013 12:51

You are right.

A new beginning.

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itsaruddygame · 24/01/2013 12:52

I HATE hun with a passion. I thought the DH, DD, DS thing was very wierd when I first started mumsnet - I am used to it now but cant bring myself to use the abbreviations.

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PippinWoo · 24/01/2013 12:54

I can't help it. I fucking hate "hun" so much. It actually irritated me so much it prevented me from ever using the Weight Watchers forums when I was a member.

It seemed so redundant because "hun" was used at the end of virtually every sentence!

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Bearbehind · 24/01/2013 12:55

I know we can't change standard abbreviations but I just think it should have been MH for 'my husband' as opposed to all this darling crap. A lot of the time, particularly on AIBU, the person being written about is anything but 'Dear' or 'Darling'!

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stretch · 24/01/2013 12:57

I second the no 'hunning'. It isn't even right; honey, not hunny. Unless you are Winnie The Pooh

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AboutThyme · 24/01/2013 12:58

Don't like either but would prefer hun over the bloody D. The rogue D is so unnecessary. People describe their exes as "my ex-DH" ffs! I hate it.

Should have a Brew eh!

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stretch · 24/01/2013 12:58

MH stands for Mental Health usually. MP, for my partner wouldn't work either! Or MC for my children! Grin

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stretch · 24/01/2013 12:59

About, it would/should be 'my ex-H'.

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SPsFanjoIsAsComfyAsAOnesie · 24/01/2013 13:02

I don't use them. I say the toddler instead.

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lubeybooby · 24/01/2013 13:02

Nah. Hun is efinitely more twee and sickly

I don't thing anyone actually says in their head 'my dear children' when they type 'my DC'

The D first is widely used all over the place. it's handy for making it known who you are talking about and not some random letter mistake or someones initial eg h, c, f,

hun has no use at all, unlike the 'D'

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